DIGIT − Sustainable Digital Transformation

In a digitized world, access to and use of data is crucial for developing sustainable products and services for an international market. Companies have a great need to increase knowledge about data-driven development and want to become data-driven, but going from the desire to practical implementation is not so easy, especially for the smaller companies. To succeed, companies need a structure to manage data, technical solutions, competence and an organization adapted to this.

Project Digit's overall objective is that companies in the region can use the opportunities that AI, IoT and data-driven development bring to strengthen competitiveness and develop sustainable products, services and sustainable production.

The project will strengthen research on data-driven development at Mid Sweden University and in companies. The region's position and attractiveness is strengthened, which leads to increased growth.

The projects goal

DIGIT's overall objective is that the companies in northern sweden can use the opportunities that AI, IoT and data-driven development bring to strengthen competitiveness and develop sustainable products, services and sustainable production. The specific objectives include:

• 140 companies, of which 70 are SMEs, have cooperated with the project and gained increased knowledge of opportunities and methods with data-driven development.
• 50 of which 25 SME companies have started development of data-driven services.
• 13 data-driven sustainable demonstrators are developed.
• 5 SME companies have launched data-driven services to international customers.
• A testbed for data-driven development is established.
• The region's companies have increased development capacity by 12 AI researchers or developers.
• Research in IoT, AI and data-driven development at Mittuniversitetet has increased by 15%.

DIGIT will mean a major investment in data-driven development of companies and municipalities in Jämtland-Härjedalen and Västernorrland.